Representative work by Tuan Andrew Nguyen
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Artist

Tuan Andrew Nguyen

b. 1976, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam · Vietnamese-American

Tuan Andrew Nguyen creates films and sculptural installations around war, migration, memory and the afterlives of objects. A co-founder of The Propeller Group, he often works with communities and histories that have been displaced or partially forgotten.

Video; sculpture; installation

Artist Films

Major Works

  • 2019The Specter of Ancestors Becoming
  • 2020The Boat People
  • 2017The Island
  • 2022The Unburied Sounds of a Troubled Horizon
  • 2023Because No One Living Will Listen
  • 2000sThe Bell of Reconciliation
  • 2010sEnemy’s Enemy
  • 2006–17The Propeller Group projects
  • 2010sThe White Elephant
  • 2010s–20sMemorial Projects

Interviews & Writing

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